as in suggestive
provoking a memory or mental association
a sparkling winter day that was oddly reminiscent of summer in its cheering sunniness
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Recent Examples of reminiscent
The pants, which hugged her thighs before kicking out at the knee and dragged on the ground, were reminiscent of the Celine flare jeans Lamar wore for his recent Super Bowl Half-Time performance.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
As the president greeted Mr. Macron at the entrance to the West Wing on Monday, the two engaged in a vigorous handshake in which both seemed in a lighthearted but pointed way trying to assert masculine dominance, reminiscent of similar encounters during Mr. Trump’s first term.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
This olive green style is reminiscent of one Gwyneth Paltrow wore, and it’s finished with oversized peaked lapels, buttoned tabs at the shoulders and chest, and a belt with D-ring buckles.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
With their 2010 Super Bowl victory a one-off triumph, so far at least, and the team experiencing a fallow period since, their rise and fall is reminiscent of Leicester City, which in 2023 became only the second former Premier League champion to subsequently get relegated.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
As the president greeted Mr. Macron at the entrance to the West Wing on Monday, the two engaged in a vigorous handshake in which both seemed in a lighthearted but pointed way trying to assert masculine dominance, reminiscent of similar encounters during Mr. Trump’s first term.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
This olive green style is reminiscent of one Gwyneth Paltrow wore, and it’s finished with oversized peaked lapels, buttoned tabs at the shoulders and chest, and a belt with D-ring buckles.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
With their 2010 Super Bowl victory a one-off triumph, so far at least, and the team experiencing a fallow period since, their rise and fall is reminiscent of Leicester City, which in 2023 became only the second former Premier League champion to subsequently get relegated.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminiscent
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The latest: Photos and videos posted to Facebook, Reddit and other sites showed the Patriots Place sign displaying non-explicit cartoon images of anthropomorphic dogs, a cat and one very suggestive purple wolf on a rainbow background.—
Mike Deehan,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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However, both workers had shown symptoms suggestive of infection, the study said.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Amid Episode 6’s revealing, awkward, and intimate dinner party, Fields (John Noble) presents a seemingly innocuous opinion.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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What could be more revealing, fragile, and intimate — in any dialect — than the loneliness that pushes someone’s attempt to make a friend?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
15 Feb. 2025
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Not the glorious physical production, which creates a theatrical world unto its own in a manner evocative of an American Beckett.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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This distinction shaped the collection, resulting in designs that feel both realistic and domestic, yet still unattainable, over-the-top, and evocative of a bygone era.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Reminiscent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminiscent. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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